The Osun State Election Petition Tribunal has reserved judgment in the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke who contested the September 2018 gubernatorial election in the state.A three-member panel of the tribunal presided over by Ibrahim Sirajo adjourned the matter after taking final addresses from parties on Thursday.
In his argument, counsel to the INEC, Lasco Miwa, said the petitioner woefully failed to establish the issues contained in the petition. Mr Miwa asked the tribunal to dismiss the petition and award cost to Mr Adeleke and his party.According to Mr Olanikpekun, “the petition is futile and ‘confusive’.” Mr Olanikpekun submitted that applicants had admitted going against the election laws and should therefore not be requesting to be declared the winner of the same election.
According to Mr Olujimi, the major witnesses whose testimonies were heard in court gave similar responses to questions, in a manner that made their testimonies questionable. “What is worse, the petitioner called PW 74 who was a state polling agent and he purported to give evidence on almost every polling unit that the petitioner was alleging.
Mr Ikpeazu cited section 285 of the Constitution as altered by the fourth alteration which states that “nobody can be declared elected unless he has participated in all stages of the election.”
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